[utexaspunk]

"What's that? I couldn't hear you over my keyboard clacking!"

[Kerrick]

I bought a mechanical keyboard with clicky blue switches and brought it to work at my open office company.

Very quickly my coworkers encouraged me to buy one with silent clear switches.

I now own two.

The clicky one stays at home.

[seanmcdirmid]

I chose to WFH over RTO because I really like using my mechanical keyboard.

[wing-_-nuts]

I want a mechanical keyboard that's as quiet as possible. I assume you did research to find the best options. Would you have any resources available?

[tomtheelder]

Silent linear switches are the quietest. If that's not an option, then linear switches with o-rings.

Also you frequently get quite a lot of noise from the stabilizers on the large keys. Your only real option there is to lube them, but that's not really feasible on most off the shelf keyboards.

[dotancohen]

Quiet as possible: Reds (any company, I prefer Cherry).

Quiet enough that your coworkers won't hear it, yet very comfortable to type on for those new to mechanical keyboards: Browns.

[tekknik]

Reds + orings, or brown + orings. A lot of the sound comes from someone bottoming out the keys.

[dotancohen]

I seriously discourage the use of orings. Rather, new users should practice _not_ bottoming out, which is why I recommend Browns for new users.

[tekknik]

What’s the reasoning against o-rings?

[Kerrick]

I did not do tons of research but I ended up with Cherry MX Clears.

[krallja]

> open office company

They were so close to getting it, too.